Shoe.



E. ANDERSONl SHOE. APPLICATION FILED JAH. 31. 1910.

EMERIK ANDERSON, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 31, 1910.

.atented Oct. 25, 1910.

Serial No. 540,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .llamnni ANnnnsoN, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Newburyort, in the county of Ilssex and State of llassaehusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoesv` of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesI to improvements in shoes.

More particularly it relates to improvements in shank plates for shoes and in the general structure of that part of the shoe known as the shank, especiallyr having reference to the shank of a turned shoe.

It is customary now to make shoes with the underside of the shank rounded and this is considered very desirable because of its finished appearance. This has heretofore been obtainable only inA hand work by repeated pounding and manipulation by the workman.

It is the object oitI the present invention to avoid this and to facilitate the construction of the shank and to add to the neatness of its appearance.

Other features hereinafter appear.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a turned shoe, in section ;l4`.ig.' 2 .is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a bottom v iew of the shank plate.` and the inner sole before being atlixed to the shoe; and fItig. 4 is a cross section on the line .lwa of Fig. 3 showing the outer sole added.

Referring to the drawings: l is an outer sole provided with channels 2 in order to enable` the upper` 3, the counter 4 and the lining 5 tobe sewed or secured thereto as in the ordinary turned shoe. is the .shank plate of my improved construction. It is made of thin sheet metal and is secured to the inner sole 7 by tacks 8. It is made convex upon its lowerside from the heel- 9 forward to such point as it is desired that the roundinglr of the lower surface of the hoe shall cease, The eonvexity is made to conform to the amount of rounding` desired; and in general the shapeof the plate is made to conformity() the desired shape of the under side of the` enter sole which is to lie beneath it. The inner sole 7 is skived at its edges 10 to conform to the convexity of the plate and the desired rounding of the under side of the outer sole. In construet-ion, rivets, staples, elenehes, or other toners ll. hereinafter generically referred to as t" pins are inserted loosely through holes 12 in the plate t3, before the plate is tacked to the inner sole 7. The inner sole and the shank are then assembled with the outer sole and fastened to it by merely pounding the same together, the pins 11 piercing and engaging in the outer sole. The outer sole, conforming to the convex shape of the shank and inner sole to which it is fastened, thus assumes immediately the desired round-V sheet of metal between them, the metal com-` prising a plate concave inward and convex outward in transverse cross section, the

outer sole being bent around the convex side thereof, pins having heads between the inner sole and the metal, running into the outer solo on thessides of the curve and securing it on the plate; the inner sole filling the coneavity of the metal and gradually becoming thinner from its middle toward its edges, the shank thus colistructed having a shape in transverse section conforming interiorly to a foot and rounded exteriorly.

2. In a shoe, the combination of a shank plate concave inward and convex outward in transverse cross section, an outer sole bent around the convex side thereof, and pins running from the inner side of the plate into the outer sole, securing the latter in said bended form parallel with the plates convex side; combined with an inner sole having a thick middle fillingr the eoneavity in the plate and gradually becoming thinner toward its edges.

VQigned by me at Newburyport, M ass.. this 27th day of January, 1910.

EMERIK ANDER SON.

Vitnesses Enwann H. RowicLL, BLANCHE B. Ximena.. 

